John Prideaux
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The Intelligence from The Economist · Tocqueville Road Trip: 1. Game of chance · 13 Jun 2026
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On the way out of the building, I noticed a poster of the Lone Ranger.
Before the TV series or the movies, the radio show was a favorite on WABC, and on dozens of other stations across the country.
In the middle decades of the twentieth century, millions of Americans would gather around their wireless sets and listen to stories in which a masked hero fought for the ideals on which their country had been founded.
The Lone Ranger's Creed could have been lifted straight from Tockville.
That government of the people, by the people and for the people, shall live always.
That men should live by the rule of what is best for the greatest number.
That all things change but truth.
And that truth alone lives on forever.
Tune into WABC now and you'll hear MAGA loyalists railing against migrants and wokesters.
Or choose a left-wing podcast and hear the same story, but with the roles reversed.
Indeed, it sometimes feels like the only thing Americans agree on is that something has gone badly wrong.
This has certainly been my experience in New York.
Barbara and John should have every reason to feel optimistic about the country that's given them so much.
But instead, they both find themselves lamenting the turn the US has taken.
And the data tells a similar story.
In surveys, most Americans say they would prefer to live in the past.
Their country is also the only one in the West where a majority of people view their fellow citizens as morally bad and
As the United States turns two hundred and fifty, the place seems haunted by a sense of loss.
Tocqueville would be deeply saddened to learn this, and I think he'd also quickly see that inequality is only part of the problem.
Because while America does seem to have developed a blind spot on inherited privilege, and while the rise of a billionaire class does make the country measurably less fair than it was even a few decades ago,
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